Speaking Truth to Power

One of the hardest things to understand about the whole Bowe Bergdahl exchange is how the White House could be so hopelessly tone deaf as to not understand what was going to happen next.

They knew that the circumstances surrounding Bergdahl's capture raised serious questions as to whether he had deserted his post.

They knew that other soldiers had risked, and reportedly lost, their lives searching for Bergdahl.

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